MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'disc'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:20:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893542&cid=t_332819_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Flatest-spectroscopy-and-crystallography.html Electric microbes – X-ray diffraction has been used to reveal the structure of proteins attached to the surface of the microbe Shewanella oneidensis, a species found in deep-sea anaerobic habitats. These proteins can transfer electrons making this micro-organism potentially rather interesting as an electricity-generating system. The research could allow researchers to tether bacteria directly to electrodes creating efficient microbial fuel cells or bio-batteries powered by human or animal waste. Such an advance could also hasten the development of system based on microbial agents that can clean up oil spills or provide a new approach to remediating radioactive waste. Uranium and Raman – Scientists at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Tamil Nadu have carried out th... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893542 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:32:50 +0100 4893542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758826&cid=t_332819_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D246 Would you rather have rods, screws, or an artificial disk placed in your back?  How about injectable glue?  If degenerative disc disease (DDD) is diagnosed early, most medical professionals prefer to prescribe more conservative therapies before fusion is required. Injectable glue made up of recombinant protein hydrogels is being studied as an option to slow the process of DDD.  Several companies have developed technologies to function either as a standalone therapy or as an adjunct to microdiscectomy.  The technology intends to keep a patient’s natural disc intact and to preserve the normal motion of the spine. I asked Dr. Anthony Yeung, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon at the Arizona Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Care in Phoenix, AZ, and voluntary associate clinical professor a... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758826 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:53:13 +0100 4758826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734245&cid=t_332819_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhy-id-trust-expert-patient-more-than.html This may be a terrible confession for a doctor to make, but when I have a medical problem, I'd trust an expert patient rather than a doctor. Let me explain.I have chronic back pain and this can be quite severe at times. However, I am very reluctant to go to an orthopedic surgeon, because I know pretty much what he is going to say. He's going to do a cursory examination and then ask me do do a MRI scan. The MRI scan will find some bulges in my intervertebral discs - and the radiologist will happily report this as prolapsed intervertebral disk ( slipped disc, in layman's terms). The doctor will be happy he's made the right diagnosis; and will advise bed rest; pain-killers ; and physiotherapy - with the caveat that if it gets worse, he'll be happy to do "minimally invasive surgery" to fix the... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734245 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:02:00 +0100 4734245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237942&cid=t_332819_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fjohn-lennon-psychodrama-of-a-gifted-child%2F When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~ John Lennon On Dec. 8th, 1980, I was in bed listening to the radio when suddenly, in a voice labored by heavy breathing and halting words, the disc jockey broke the news that John Lennon had been shot and killed in front of his New York City apartment building. The news ransacked my brain. The Beatles weren’t just a rock band; they gave us an identity. Their songs weren’t simply catchy tunes or stray memorable lyrics. The music told us who we were. It pointed us in a whole new direction. The simplicity and ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237942 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:43:08 +0100 4237942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750121&cid=t_332819_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fhow-technology-helps-doctors-save-time.html This is a guest post from Aditya Patkar, Marketing Director, Plus91.Doctors need to incorporate technology in their daily life to increase their efficiency. Let’s look at how Dr. Thakkar can use everyday easily available off-the-shelf inexpensive technology intelligently, to help him become more productive. .1. A website and and Email Id2. A smart Mobile Phone3. A pen drive4. A laptop or PC with Internet5. An EMR solution1. Website and Email Id:a. Dr Thakkar’s contact Information with a google map is readily available , so that his staff does not have to waste time giving directions to patients as to how to reach the clinic !b. Important patient information captured on the website: Dr. Thakkar likes each patient to fill in a comprehensive form before he sees them. In the past, pat... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750121 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:47:00 +0100 3750121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585541&cid=t_332819_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fanterior-cervical-fusion%2F 1. The patient is placed supine (face up) on the operating room table. 2. After anesthesia is induced, the area from the upper torso to the chin line from “table to table” is prepped and draped in the normal sterile fashion. 3. The previously performed MRI is viewed to recheck the assessment of level of pathology. 4. A needle is placed at the level of the pathology with flouroscopy performed to judge the correct site of the incision. 5. A horizontal skin incision is made approximately 5 cm in length lateral to the trachea on the right sidewith a No 15 blade. 6. The Bovie cautery is used to dissection through the subcutaneous tissues until the platysma muscle is appreciated. 7. The platysma muscle is then carefully incised with the bovie cautery with care taken to avoid penetrat... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585541 Thu, 20 May 2010 21:45:16 +0100 3585541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999664&cid=t_332819_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Frare-posterior-epidural-disk.html This is a 40 year old male with sudden onset paraparesis. Posterior and left lateral epidural lesion in the L2-L3 showing hypointense signal on T1 weighted image and hyperintense signal on T2 weighted image along with peripheral rim enhancement on post gadolinium images. This may suggest an extruded disc with left lateral and cranial migration along with posterior epidural sequestration, which is although rare but reported. Other possibility is an infective posterior epidural collection.Disk sequestration can be defined as a herniated disk with perforation of the fibrous ring (or outermost annulus fibrosus) and posterior longitudinal ligament with migration of the disk fragment to the epidural space. The most common path of disk fragment migration is a posterior and posterolateral directio... Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999664 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:13:00 +0100 2999664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705190&cid=t_332819_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F8hexCbS8pB0%2F While this isn’t a guaranteed cure and it’s certainly not for all types of headaches, researchers have found that if you have headaches caused by neck problems, disc replacements in the neck or disc replacements may rid you of your headaches. A study of 1004 patients with cervical spine disease, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that 86.4% of the patients complained of headaches, with over half saying the headaches were severe. Two years after surgery, 803 patients responded to questionnaires from the researchers. Of these 803 patients, 65.1% said they still had headaches. Broken down, 46.7% said their headaches were mild, 18.4% said they were severe. What is cervical disc disease? Cervical disc disease is the result of the cervical bones in the ne... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705190 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:30:58 +0100 2705190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876106&cid=t_332819_122_f&fid=35055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarasotaneurology.com%2F2008%2F10%2F15%2Fhow-to-install-a-raid-configuration-on-windows-xp%2F Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install a RAID configuration on Windows XP. I would encourage anyone contemplating this to read as many tech forums on this subject as is reasonable. Read Steps 1-6 and NOTE: BEFORE PROCEEDING: 1. Build your computer with all the components installed including the drives for RAID configuration. If you have a card reader, unplug this from the MOBO port for now. Start the computer and make sure that all fans are running and you can boot into BIOS. If you already have a prebuilt computer, do the same. Sorry, you WILL have to reinstall Windows XP. BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST. ONCE THE OS IS INSTALLED, YOU CANNOT GO BACK AND INSTALL RAID DRIVES. THE RAID INSTALL MUST OCCUR PRIOR TO AND DURING OS INSTALLATION. You will also need a REGULAR (NO USB) FLOPPY DRIVE... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876106 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:00:43 +0100 1876106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1482088&cid=t_332819_122_f&fid=35055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarasotaneurology.com%2F2008%2F05%2F31%2Fpiriformis-syndrome-a-cause-for-back-pain-sciatica%2F How many people do you know who tell of back pain that has no cure? Or sciatica or leg pain than doctors cannot find the cause for. They tell you that the MRI scan was normal, back injections of steroids do not help and no medication has relieved their pain. There are tens of thousands of people with back pain and sciatica who never get the right diagnosis despite having several MRI scans and seeing numerous physicians. There is a high probability that these individuals suffer from a condition called piriformis syndrome. The piriformis muscle is a triangular shaped muscle that is in the middle of the buttocks. The base of the triangle attaches to the side of the sacrum (tailbone) and the tip attaches to the top of the femur (the major bone in the hip and leg.) An excellent piriformis diagr... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1482088 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:11:38 +0100 1482088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1480723&cid=t_332819_122_f&fid=35055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarasotaneurology.com%2F2008%2F05%2F31%2Fpiriformis-syndrome-a-cause-for-back-pain-sciatica%2F How many people do you know who tell of back pain that has no cure? Or sciatica or leg pain than doctors cannot find the cause for. They tell you that the MRI scan was normal, back injections of steroids do not help and no medication has relieved their pain. There are tens of thousands of people with back pain and sciatica who never get the right diagnosis despite having several MRI scans and seeing numerous physicians. There is a high probability that these individuals suffer from a condition called piriformis syndrome. The piriformis muscle is a triangular shaped muscle that is in the middle of the buttocks. The base of the triangle attaches to the side of the sacrum (tailbone) and the tip attaches to the top of the femur (the major bone in the hip and leg.) Injury or sprain to the pirif... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1480723 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:50:15 +0100 1480723